The Prescot family were miners. At one time, they were contracted to develop technology for a mineral rich but uninhabitable system. Gradually, all the investors shied away. Then the Prescots broke through with the technology needed to exploit entire planets, and incidentally develop domed playgrounds for the perversely rich, including indoor ski slopes and cable cars over megavolcanos, casinos and rides. This created the economic problem of being the richest people in the universe, having more money than most governments and effectively unlimited resources.
Money is a small blessing when enemies are quite willing to spend billions for the chance at trillions. Bryan Prescot and his daughter might as well have targets painted on their backs for the thugs, kidnappers and assassins their cmpetitors would throw at them. Bodyguards were necessary—Highly trained bodyguards who could be bought once and be utterly loyal no matter the circumstances.
The altercation comes to a head inside the domes and mines of Govannon, with their enemy desperate to do anything to save their own lives, now that the gloves are off. Caron Prescot has only six bodyguards against an army, but she has two aces in the hole: The miners are on her side, and Elke, Ripple Creek's psychotic demolition expert, has a nuke.
The problem with Elke having a nuke is that Elke WILL use it.
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Product ReviewFirst off - I loved a couple of his other books - but this one...?? Not so much. I got three quarters of the way through it and then, I just quit reading it. I was bored. Boring does not make for a good read. Have I mentioned that this book was boring? Well then - there you go.
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Product ReviewI'd give this between 3 and 4, so let's be generous and say 4.
I liked the story and the characters, but it felt sloppy at times and hard to follow, it jumped rather than flowed naturally.
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Product ReviewAs mentioned in one of the other comments the character changes are hard to follow sometimes. There is also the use of the team names for the Ripple Creek characters then suddenly they are using their first names then switching back. Not as annoying as the unmarked character changes but it adds to the confusion. Overall it did feel more like reading an early draft not something that was finished.
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Product ReviewI like the story, but the dialog & pacing (& format) is choppy. The perspective transitions from one character to another without warning, making it hard to keep track of whose head you're in, or who is speaking.
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Product ReviewI rated it OK. It wasn't bad but this is the weakest book by Williamson. It did not flow and seemed very contrived. Read anything else he wrote first.
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Product ReviewThe first part of the book was very good but the last part of the book was to easy. The guy was falling in love with the girl they were protecting and things were getting interesting
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